A therapy session is the period of time when a person is actively engaged in therapy. Therapy sessions can be for any type of treatment including certain intravenous drug therapies, hydrotherapy, mental therapy or counseling, or physical therapy. The type of therapy may determine the length of the session and type of need can determine how many sessions in total people will undergo.

Many therapy sessions last for about an hour. This is true of a number of physical therapy treatments and of things like counseling. Most people will want to know exactly how long each session takes, since the majority of people have busy lives and must figure out how to arrange their schedules. Usually schedule concerns give way to what the person or clinic conducting the session is able to do. Since they must schedule multiple people, it isn’t always possible to find a perfect fit, and health concerns may be too vital to walk away from an offered time.

Another thing that may vary with different forms of treatment is the interval between therapy sessions. Sometimes this is left up to the person. For instance, people might choose to see counselors every other week. Other times, the therapy must occur at regular and specific intervals. Chemotherapy and physical therapy are examples of this.

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How long therapy sessions are needed is another variable. Some people pursue counseling for years, especially psychoanalysis, and might attend several sessions a week. Other things like chemo may be for a specific amount of time and then discontinued. Alternately, the total number of sessions might be based on progress of the treatment.

One of the reasons people may be concerned about therapy sessions is because insurance companies and government insurance may limit the amount of sessions a person can have. This is true for things like mental health counseling, particularly when the underlying cause is not biologically based. New changes in the rules in the US now demand that insurance companies offer parity coverage for biologically based mental conditions, and session amount can’t be limited.

However, even when coverage is extended, payment for sessions is often treated much like seeing a doctor. People may have to make a copayment or pay coinsurance each time they get a session. These costs may quickly add up. Sometimes when costs are prohibitive it is possible to talk to the person or clinic conducting the session to ask for reduced copayment or coinsurance fee. Not all are open to this.

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Suntan12-There is also a company by the name of Isdera that has a site called Itherapy. This site offers free online therapy for people that are immobile or are just embarrassed to see a therapist face to face.

The company’s mantra is that they want to use technology to offer privacy to their customers and ease any potential embarrassments. Free therapy sessions might also be a way to get feedback on your situation in the least invasive manner possible.

Cafe41-This can give the therapist insights as to what triggers cause the emotions that lead to the addiction.

For example, if a patient claims that they overeat when they are sad, or shop when they are stressed it signifies that the patient is using the eating or shopping as coping mechanisms to mask the real feelings of depression and anxiety.

This is why people continue to have weight problems despite knowing exactly what to eat or when to exercise.

When people try to cope with problems in this fashion instead of seeking some form of therapy, they create larger problems for themselves that lead to more eating or spending money.

It is a vicious cycle because emotional problems have to be dealt with emotionally.

Cognitive therapy sessions offer ways of people to deal with their afflictions through different techniques which include behavioral modification.

Often a patient might be asked to take notes in a session or recall the very feelings and times that caused the most disruption in the patient’s life.

For example, these emotions or feelings are triggers that a therapist examines that cause us to stray from our goals. A therapist might suggest that the patient keep a journal and logs his or her emotions in the journal and brings it to the therapy session.

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